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Er erlöst dich jetzt

Translator: E. Gebhardt

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Author: John H. Stockton

Stockton, John Hart, a Methodist minister, was born in 1813, and died in 1877. He was a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the successive pastoral charges that he filled as a member of that Conference are found in the Conference Journal. He was not only a preacher, but a musician and composer of tunes, as well as hymn writer. He published two gospel song books: Salvation Melodies, 1874, and Precious Songs, 1875. Hymn Writers of the Church by Charles Nutter, 1911… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Komm her, du sündenmüdes Herz
Title: Er erlöst dich jetzt
English Title: Only Trust Him
Author: John H. Stockton
Translator: E. Gebhardt
Language: German
Refrain First Line: Ihm allein vertrau von Herzen
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

STOCKTON (Stockton)

John H. Stockton (b. New Hope, PA, 1813; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1877) composed MINERVA for one of his own gospel-hymn texts, "Come, Every Soul by Sin Oppressed." The tune was published in his Salvation Melodies No.1 (1874); however, it had also been published earlier in Joyful Songs Nos. 1-3 Combined…

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Andachtsklaenge #d98

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Die Glaubensharfe (With Melodies) #325

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Die Glaubensharfe #325

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Erweckungs-Lieder #29

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) #58

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 #58

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Frohe Botschaft in Liedern #51

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Frohe Botschaft in Liedern #51

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Frohe Botschaft und Evangeliums-Lieder #51

German Sunday School Songs ... for the Beachy Amish of Lancaster County, PA. #d71

German Sunday School Songs ... for the Beachy Amish of Lancaster County, PA. #d75

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Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodisten-Kirche #309

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Gesangbuch der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche #389

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Gute Botschaft #142

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Heilstöne #89

Himmels-Harfe für Sonntag-Schulen, Jugendvereine und Evangelisations-Versammlungen #d90

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Lieder-Auswahl aus Himmels-Harfe #20

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Sieges-Lieder #41

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